by Marnie | Aug 22, 2012 | Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Found a Breast Lump?, Types of Breast Cancer |
The Difference Between DCIS, LCIS, ILC, IBC, Paget’s Disease & Phyllodes Tumors Some of my subscribers have voiced a little confusion in past weeks over the various types of breast cancer and exactly how they differ, prompting me to write this article and...
by Marnie | Aug 21, 2012 | Breast Cancer Surgery, Latissimus Dorsi Flap Surgery |
Reduce Surgical Adhesions After Breast Reconstruction Surgery I had breast cancer in 2004, and I chose to have the latissimus dorsi flap breast reconstruction surgery following upon my lumpectomy surgery because my surgeon found it necessary to remove quite a large...
by Marnie | Aug 18, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer and Radiation, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Choosing Your Oncologist |
Choosing the Right Oncologist for YOU When a person is newly diagnosed with breast cancer, the last thing on our minds is whether or not we will have the right oncologist – someone who cares about us and understands what we’re going through. Yet it is...
by Marnie | Aug 15, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Metastasis, Keeping Abreast of the News |
In June of this year, the results of a new study were released by Duke Cancer Institute for a breast cancer drug known as T-DM1 which is made by Genentech, a unit of Roche, who sponsored the trial. I didn’t write an article about it at the time because I wanted...
by Marnie | Aug 14, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Chemosensitivity Testing, Uncategorized |
Here in America, if you are contemplating chemotherapy, you may or may not be offered the chemosensitivity test. In Germany, chemosensitivity tests are routinely conducted in order to determine which chemotherapy drugs should be utilized for a specific cancer patient....
